(19)
(11) EP 1 369 783 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.11.2006 Bulletin 2006/45

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.12.2003 Bulletin 2003/50

(21) Application number: 03011508.3

(22) Date of filing: 21.05.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 9/46(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 07.06.2002 US 164752

(71) Applicant: ALCATEL
75008 Paris (FR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Twidale, Jamie
    Petaluma, CA 94954 (US)
  • Recuero, Jose Carlos
    Rohnert Park, CA 94928 (US)

(74) Representative: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker 
Patentanwälte, Postfach 10 37 62
70032 Stuttgart
70032 Stuttgart (DE)

   


(54) Hardware abstraction interfacing system and method


(57) A hardware abstraction interfacing system and method for providing an interface between hardware and application software in equipment having a layered architecture. The interfacing system includes a hardware profile structure having a plurality of hardware profile entities which correspond to the particular hardware components of the hardware. Each hardware profile entity includes address information and masking information for the corresponding hardware component. A searchable data structure stores a set of functional profile entities which include a reference that points to the address information of at least one of the hardware profile entities and a function supported by one or more hardware components. A profile engine is able to search the searchable data structure for a particular function called by the application software.







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